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REVOLT OF THE ACCOUNTANTS: ?The coming rebellion in the voting booth is not only about the economic?

By Glenn Reynolds

REVOLT OF THE ACCOUNTANTS: “The coming rebellion in the voting booth is not only about the economic impact of spending, debt and deficits on America’s future. It’s also to some degree about the feared impact of all those things on the character of the American people. There is a real fear that government, with all its layers, its growth, its size, its imperviousness, is changing, or has changed, who we are. And that if we lose who we are, as Americans, we lose everything. . . . We’re supposed to be building the Empire State Building. We were meant?to be romantic about it, and why not?to be a pioneer people, to push on, invent electricity, shoot the bear, bootleg the beer, write the novel, create, reform and modernize great industries. We weren’t meant to be neat and tidy record keepers. We weren’t meant to wear green eyeshades. We looked better in a coonskin cap!”

Full post as published by Instapundit.com on October 08, 2010 (boomark / email).